Analysis of To His Fairest Valentine, Mrs. A.L.
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
And warble forth, ye virgins nine,
Some music to my Valentine.
"Her bosom is love's paradise,
There is no heav'n but in her eyes;
She's chaster than the turtle-dove,
And fairer than the queen of love:
Yet all perfections do combine
To beautifie my Valentine.
"She's Nature's choicest cabinet,
Where honour, beauty, worth and wit
Are all united in her breast.
The graces claim an interest:
All virtues that are most divine
Shine clearest in my Valentine."
Scheme | AABBCC XXDDCC XXXXCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011011 01110101 11111101 01110100 01011101 1101110 0101110 11111001 1110101 01010111 111110 11110 11010100 1110101 11010001 0101110 11011101 1100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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